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"Feb. 14
" Very comfortable here, an X
I cry 2 kr fr day and 20 3 kr
each week & each servant.
In balancing account
find 2 on 14 kr short
share need 1030 kronor and
spent & haveon hand 1014.
My Raamussen Creditor has
run out and must now
obtain money on my own creditor;
shall get only enough
here & take one to Holstenborg.
I expect word & credit
from the Musem will arrive
on the Hans Egide, they surely
expect some member of old
Expedition there.
"Feb. 15"
No news yet from Station
South of Pole but weather
continues cold and ice must
be getting better tho slowly,